1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his 15th year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall, 5–2 in the SEC) and with a loss against Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 352 points while the defense allowed 263 points.

1991 Tennessee Volunteers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–42 vs. Penn State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 14
1991 record	9–3 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Majors (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Phillip Fulmer (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Lacewell (2nd season)
Captains	Earnest Fields John Fisher
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 91,902)[1]

1991 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Florida $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Alabama	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Tennessee	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Georgia	4	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
LSU	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Auburn	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	8:00 p.m.	at Louisville*	No. 11	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 28–11	40,457
September 14	12:30 p.m.	No. 21 UCLA*	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	TBS	W 30–16	97,117
September 21	12:30 p.m.	No. 23 Mississippi State	No. 6	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	TBS	W 26–24	95,974
September 28	7:30 p.m.	No. 13 Auburn	No. 5	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN	W 30–21	97,731
October 12	7:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Florida	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 18–35	85,135
October 19	3:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Alabama	No. 8	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	ABC	L 19-24	86,293
November 2	4:00 p.m.	Memphis State*	No. 14	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	W 52–24	96,664
November 9	2:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Notre Dame*	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 35–34	59,075
November 16	4:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	No. 10	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	W 36–25	95,937
November 23	12:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	No. 10	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)	TBS	W 16–7	57,125
November 30	12:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 9	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	SPS	W 45–0	94,976
January 1	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Penn State*	No. 10	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 17–42	71,133
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1991 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Mark Adams Sr T 75 Bernard Dafney Sr C 51 John Fisher Sr WR 12 Cory Fleming So QB 8 Andy Kelly Sr T 65 Patrick Lenoir Sr G 58 Tom Myslinski Jr WR 15 Carl Pickens Jr RB 33 James Stewart Fr G 59 Mike Stowell Jr QB 21 Heath Shuler Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 26 David Bennett Jr DB 18 Dale Carter Sr LB 23 Earnest Fields Sr LB 87 Darryl Hardy Sr DE 58 Todd Kelly Jr DB 25 Jeremy Lincoln Sr DE 93 Chris Mims Sr DE 56 Chuck Smith Sr DT 48 J. J. Surlas Jr DB Dave Thomas Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 20 Joey Chapman So	Head coach Johnny Majors Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Game summaries

UCLA

at Notre Dame

vs. Penn State (Fiesta Bowl)

#6 Penn State vs. #10 Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total • Nittany Lions 7 0 14 21 42 Volunteers 10 0 7 0 17 Date: January 1 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 71,133 TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Todd Christensen

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Dale Carter	Defensive Back	1	20	Kansas City Chiefs
Chris Mims	Defensive End	1	23	San Diego Chargers
Carl Pickens	Wide Receiver	2	31	Cincinnati Bengals
Chuck Smith	Defensive End	2	51	Atlanta Falcons
Jeremy Lincoln	Defensive Back	3	80	Cincinnati Bengalsch
Tom Myslinski	Guard	4	109	Dallas Cowboys
Shazzon Bradley	Defensive Tackle	9	240	Green Bay Packers
Bernard Dafney	Guard	9	247	Houston Oilers
Darryl Hardy	Linebacker	10	270	Atlanta Falcons

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References

1. "Neyland Stadium". utsports.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
2. "Tennessee Football History and Records: Tennessee Results 1990–99". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
3. "1992 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.